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NeuroSense provides update for ALS treatment programme

NeuroSense has announced new statistically significant results from the 12-month analysis of its PARADIGM phase 2b study, which assessed Primec for the treatment of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

24 July 2024R & D
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Takeda announces phase 3 results from trial of CIPD treatment

Takeda has announced data from the phase 3 advance-cidp 3 trial, which assessed the safety and efficacy of Hyqvia (immune globulin infusion 10% [human] with recombinant human hyaluronidase) in patients with chronic inflammatory dymyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP).

17 July 2024R & D
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Sanofi announces phase 2 data from trial for frexalimab for MS treatment

Sanofi has announced new phase 2 trial data for its cd40l monoclonal antibody, frexalimab, for the treatment of patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS).

17 July 2024R & D
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GSK and CureVac announce licensing agreement following collaboration

GSK and CureVac have announced that they have restructured their existing collaboration into a licence agreement, which is intended to allow both companies to prioritise investment and focus their respective MRNA development programmes.

17 July 2024R & D
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Evotec provides update in Bristol Myers Squibb neuroscience collaboration

Evotec has announced that it has reached important scientific progress within the neuroscience collaboration with Bristol Myers Squibb, initiating a research payment of $20m to Evotec.

17 July 2024R & D
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Syngene announces launch of new protein production platform

Syngene has announced the launch of its new protein production platform, which will utilise a cell line and transposon-based technology in-licensed from excellgene alongside syngene’s clone selection and development processes.

17 July 2024R & D
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Innovate UK provides Nuclera with £1.14m funding

Nuclera has announced that it has been awarded two grants from Innovate UK, totalling £1.14m.

17 July 2024R & D
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Gilead announces data from phase 3 HIV prevention trial

Gilead Sciences has announced results from an interim analysis of its pivotal, phase 3 PURPOSE 1 trial, which assessed the twice-yearly treatment with injectable HIV-1 capsid inhibitor, lencapavir, for the investigational use of HIV prevention in cisgender women.

10 July 2024R & D
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Sanofi, Formation Bio and OpenAI announce new AI collaboration

Sanofi, Formation Bio and OpenAI have announced that they have entered into a collaboration with the aim of building AI-powered software to accelerate the drug development process and bring new drugs to market and to patients more efficiently.

4 June 2024R & D
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GSK invests £45m with Fleming Initiative to combat AMR

GSK has announced that it has pledged £45m to the Fleming Initiative, becoming the first founding partner of the innovative and collaborative approach to tackle antimicrobial resistance (AMR).

4 June 2024R & D
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Boehringer Ingelheim & OSE Immunotherapeutics to collaborate on cancer & metabolic disease treatment

OSE Immunotherapeutics and Boehringer Ingelheim have announced a major expansion of their existing partnership.

4 June 2024R & D
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J&J’s Tremfya meets endpoints in UC study

Johnson & Johnson has announced the first data from its phase 3 QUASAR maintenance study, which assessed Tremfya (guselkumab) as a treatment for patients with moderately-to-severely active ulcerative colitis (UC).

4 June 2024R & D